PRESTWICH HEBREW CONGREGATION

Registered charity 1169075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHRUBBERIES

We are a religious organisation that exists for the benefit of our community and surrounding parts.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE, OBSERVANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND ELSEWHERE [BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING BY] PROVIDING A PLACE OF WORSHIP, RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PERSONS ADHERING TO THE TENETS OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM. (2) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY IN GREATER MANCHESTER"

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Bury, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £266,564 as of 30 June 2025, having decreased from £294,327 the previous year. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £427,498 against total expenditure of £447,005. The trustees maintain that the Synagogue has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 10/09/2024, 133 days after the 30/04/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADAM SCHOGGER
• DAVID MINTZ · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN MICHAEL CREEK
• PAUL DAVIES
• Richard Elton
• Sam Bacall

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOURNEMOUTH HEBREW CONGREGATION.

• BOURNEMOUTH HEBREW CONGREGATION income £1.9m
• WHITEFIELD HEBREW CONGREGATION income £740k
• UNITED HEBREW CONGREGATION LEEDS income £714k
• LEICESTER HEBREW CONGREGATION income £121k
• PRESTWICH BETH HAMEDRESH income £131k
• THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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